Culpeper's Chilston Park

The restaurant has a 3 rosette AA rating which is obvious from the quality of the food and presentation. You will definitely need stretchy clothing!

Firstly, We have previously had wonderful experiences at the Chilston including afternoon tea and staying the night in a luxury room. We had not however dined at the restaurant before and it's fair to say, we will not be doing so again any time soon.

Rated 3 of 5 because of the 5 course tasting menu, one course was a sorbet not a course) and one the soup was, in my opinion, the amuse bouche. Bread was excellent so didn’t go hungry. The Tasting Menu needs to be more spectacular. In the meantime it maybe best to stick to the a la carte. Service was very good.

celebrated my 75th birthday with dinner here 10 days ago incredible service, eating and wein. Five of us were treated royally from the arrival to the departure and enjoy perfect personal and friendly service of karen and excellent eating, whether it was the scallops, mosquitoes, best ever beef tare, for beginners followed by the finest bark fillet in waington, superison

The atmosphere of the Hotel and the services were brilliant. The restaurant was making the effort to put 10 of us sitting together for the retirement celebration. They also left a small retirement card to wish Tina happy retirement. She was very happy. The quality of food was superb and taste very good. The chef went beyond to cook us some fresh custard for the sticky toffee pudding. We was very impressed. We will definitely return.

We stayed in a suite in the hotel so booked a table in the restaurant. The standard of food was not as expected and proved expensive for the food we received. Lovely hotel but we would not eat here again. Lamb was ordered pink but when it arrived it was well done. We returned it but it was brought straight back and we were told it was braised so would not be pink. If my husband was told that when ordering he would have chosen another main. I ordered cheese as dessert which arrived icy cold rather than room temperature which meant it was tasteless so I left half of it.

Celebrated my 75th birthday with dinner here 10 days ago incredible service, food and wine. Five of us were royally treated from arrival until departure enjoying perfect personal and friendly service from Karen and excellent food whether it was the scallops, mussels, best ever beef tartare, for starters followed by the finest beef fillet in the Wellington, superb venison or the tender rib eye on the bone as mains presented in the most perfect manner a personal visit from the chef at the end of our meal could be considered the icing on the proverbial birthday cake ! Well done Culpeper 's.

Had a family event for a significant birthday, standard was 3 courses, first was the usual sandwich, interesting choices Ham and mustard, coronation chicken, salmon, egg mayonnaise and one other sandwich’s were ok but nothing special, nor real choice if you are going for standard. Then comes two scones, one plain and one fruit one, cream and jam, no butter and I must say a little tight with the cream and jam, I like mine smothered, but no chance here. Lastly come a choice of 5 each cheese cake, lemon meringue, chocolate, macaroon and rhubarb tart small but very filling. All in all I did enjoy the venue with piano music and wonderful grounds.

I have been a couple of times for a wonderful afternoon tea at Chilston and never disappoints. I took my Mum and friend for lunch this weekend to celebrate a birthday. Lovely touch on the table, a birthday card from the staff for friend whose birthday it was. I made a request at booking to sit by the window was honoured despite being a bigger table and there were only 3 of us and the restaurant being very busy thank you. The staff were all friendly and welcoming. The food was delicious, well presented great vegetarian choices too. The dishes were flavoursome and seasoned perfectly. I don’t like fondant potatoes and several alternative options offered without hesitation. Lovely touch at the e...